More and more exciting news!

Hello all! Christa here!
I come with some really great news! Zoë has decided that it is high time for her to start taking up....(drum roll, please) none other than....DRUM LESSONS! Yes, that's right! Our non-drumming drummer might live up to her title once and for all! ;) I was excited when she gave me a ring last night and told me this amazing news! She's going to be taking it once a week, I believe with CBC's drummer, Kristin. So, here's hoping for the best!

Annnnnnnd, to add to this excited news, here's another tid-bit of awesome information Zoë dropped off to me last night... (another drum roll, please).... we might actually have a bass player!!! Yes, yes! Someone who actually knows HOW to play it, and who has one! Exciting, no? This young man that she's talked about goes to her old school, is a Christian, and is not currently in a band. AND, going by Zo's opinion, he's very excited about playing with us.. (he was like asking what time our practices were, etc., so therefore Zoë decided it would be a good idea to actually MAKE a scheduled practice time once a week. Right now we're thinking Sundays after church, possibly) I practically screamed her eardrums off when I heard the news!

AND to add to all this excitement going around, I have started a design for a CD cover. Are we ready to see it? Alright, here it is!


^Click on the thumbnail to see the full-sized image^

I hope that you like it! Of course, it's a ways from being done. That long blue rectangle floating around up there is going to be where the album title rests. Obviously, we do not have an album title as of yet.

Hmm. What else...oh, right! I do not believe I have recorded my most recent musical news on here..I have decided not to go after the bass guitar, and rather pick up the violin! A few months back, a guy at our church told my dad that he had an old violin body just collecting dust up in his attic, and asked if I wanted it (because my dad had told him that I had been wanting to play one for a while). So that afternoon we drove over and picked her up. She's an unusual color, what's called a "blond" violin. She is not the common deep brown, but rather a lighter tan-ish color. Her name is Ivy, by the way. So me and my father went out on the endeavor of attempting to build everything else she needed. We glued the fingerboard on her (which ended up sliding too far up), we have the bridge whittled and resting on it, chin rest, tailpiece, pegs, bow, and strings. The only problem we've encountered is the bass string breaking. So that's what we have to fix next! But, yes, Ivy is almost finished! Needless to say, I so cannot wait until she's done!

Here's some scripture that I came upon today, and thought you might want me to share it with you:
"Extortion turns a wise man into a fool,
and a bribe corrupts the heart.

The end of a matter is better than its beginning,
and patience is better than pride.

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,
for anger resides in the lap of fools."

(Ecclesiastes 7:7-9)

I think we all tend to be prideful in one situation or another; it's only human. We also tend to be quick to react and anger in different instances. But if we take our Father's example, and be slow to anger, and slow to react, we would be much better off.

God bless your day!

-Christa B. <><